Posted on 03/07/2021 2:22:06 PM PST by ransomnote
WILMINGTON, Del. – A Newark man was sentenced by the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, U.S. District Judge, today to 31 months in federal prison for possessing machinegun conversion devices.
According to court documents, law enforcement searched the residence of Nathan Matthews, 42, in August 2019. In an unlocked safe, they found a homemade 9 mm handgun, ammunition, and two machinegun conversion devices. A machinegun conversion device, or fully-automatic conversion device, sometimes referred to as a “Glock switch,” alters a firearm so that pulling the trigger once causes multiple bullets to fire. It is classified as a machinegun under the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act.
By pleading guilty in federal court, Mr. Matthews also resolved charges against him in Harford County, Maryland. In May 2018, Mr. Matthews was arrested in Maryland for possession of a different homemade pistol, a different machinegun conversion device, and ammunition.
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware stated, “Illegal firearms put our communities at risk. For those individuals who choose to circumvent firearm manufacturing regulations to create homemade handguns, be forewarned that my office will work tirelessly with our federal and local law enforcement partners to hold you accountable for your illegal conduct.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ruth Mandelbaum led the prosecution of this case. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the New Castle County Police Department.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware. Related court documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for the District of Delaware or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:19-cr-00135.
Great, easy-to-understand explanation, thanks.
No you cannot. You can make a destructive device with the proper paperwork, but you will not get permission to make a full auto device. Peasants are not allowed to own any full auto device manufactured after 1986 including making your own. Of course this does not apply to police.
Her name is Alexa or Siri
If they are coming in and your time is up, that bowling tool would clean out the hallway nicely.
LOL, no kidding! Dang I would love to shoot a 30 round mag through a Glock 18....just once!
I’ve done it. There was a range in Central Texas where you could rent one. Their mags, their ammo.
Even with my gorilla-sized hands and some aggressive porting on the barrel... It was a bit tough to stay on the paper.
But yes, it was a lot of fun and I highly recommend it.
That time is not now.
Until then I avoid crowds and try to be the Gray man. BATFE can look in my safes anytime they want. They will find very little and nothing illegal .... but someday.
An attitude like that is how sh*t like the Warsaw Ghetto ends up happening.
Or as Patrick Henry put it...
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.”
I, for one, don't feel like repeating history. The Communists killed my GreatGrandparents during the holodomor because it was never quite time to fight back against the Commies then either...
Not on my watch.
"It's just a $200 tax."
"It's not really an infringement if you can't pay the tax."
"It's just about criminals."
"It just about people who 'might' be violent."
"It's just about terrorists."
"It's just about domestic terrorists."
"It's just about unregistered pieces not actually assembled into any kind of workable firearm..."
Enough is WAY past due enough. Over 80 years worth...
Modeled on Hitler’s gun control law.
“Shall not be infringed...”
Don’t look to Phony Barrett, Gorsucks or Cave-in-Awe for help.
My point is that no matter what anyone may tell you about how conservative and constitution following people claim the WWII generation and prior was, they were not.
It is not a happy or popular fact but it is a fact.
FDR taught them to obey authority. Ditto that mentally defective Wilson
I will agree with you partly but you have to remember that they elected them. More then once.
A pattern, apparently
Some “friend” probably dropped a dime, or in this day and time, a quarter on him.
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